> Sable agreed to pay Cloudflare $225,000, ... and to dedicate its patents to the public, ensuring that Sable can never again assert them against another company.
Makes me wonder if Cloudflare could have sued to "life the corporate veil" and go after the people who owned / operated the company. (IE, sue them so they loose their homes.)
Also makes me wonder if this is in the playbook the next time a patent troll comes sniffing around.
Somewhat related: In MA, to fight NIMBY-ism, we passed a law that people suing new housing developments can be forced to put up a deposit, without requiring proof that the case has merit. I wonder if a similar law could help with patent trolls: IE, making it easier that the plantiff put up a deposit when suing for violating their patent.
That payout to Cloudflare seems really, really low, considering the claims postulated by sable ip. I think $225M would be a more convincing way of de-incentivizing patent trolls.
Piercing the corporate veil usually only happens when there's both criminal malfeasance involved and personal resources are intermingled with the company's so that individual and corporate actions are largely indistinguishable. Sable might have been a fetid pond of rancid scum, but they were still a legal operation.
Makes me wonder if Cloudflare could have sued to "life the corporate veil" and go after the people who owned / operated the company. (IE, sue them so they loose their homes.)
Also makes me wonder if this is in the playbook the next time a patent troll comes sniffing around.
Somewhat related: In MA, to fight NIMBY-ism, we passed a law that people suing new housing developments can be forced to put up a deposit, without requiring proof that the case has merit. I wonder if a similar law could help with patent trolls: IE, making it easier that the plantiff put up a deposit when suing for violating their patent.